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Pottery of Metepec

The pottery of Metepec is that of a municipality in central Mexico, located near Mexico City.

Pottery of Metepec
Pottery of Metepec · Ppalex1994
The place

The pottery of Metepec is that of a municipality in central Mexico, located near Mexico City. It is noted for durable utilitarian items but more noted for its decorative and ritual items, especially sculptures called “trees of life,” decorative plaques in sun and moon shapes and mermaid like figures called Tlanchanas. Metepec potters such as the Soteno family have won national and international recognition for their work and the town hosts the annual Concurso Nacional de Alfarería y Cerámica.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pottery of Metepec

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Nemesio Diez Stadium

    Nemesio Diez Stadium, sometimes referred to as La Bombonera, for its resemblance, is an association football stadium located in Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico. Opened on 8 August 1954, the stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and serves as the home of Liga MX club Toluca FC and Liga MX Femenil club Toluca FC.

    8.1 km · football (soccer) stadium in Toluca, Mexico State, Mexico, home venue for Deportivo Toluca · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Toluca Cathedral

    Toluca Cathedral, formally Cathedral of Saint Joseph of Nazareth is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Toluca, Mexico, named after Saint Joseph. The cathedral's construction began in 1867, but was completed only in the second half of the twentieth century.

    7.6 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Toluca, Mexico, named after Saint Joseph · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cosmovitral

    The Cosmovitral is a stained glass mural and botanical garden located in Toluca, Mexico. The building takes its name from the mural which is set in the building's huge windows that surround the building and in the ceiling.

    7.4 km · stained glass mural and botanical garden located in Toluca, Mexico · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

    The Autonomous University of Mexico State is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its central campus located in the state capital of Toluca.

    9 km · public university in Mexico · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Fine Arts Museum of Toluca

    The Fine Arts Museum of Toluca is a museum located in Toluca, Mexico. It is considered one of the most important museums in the State of Mexico for its architectural heritage.

    7.7 km · art museum in Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pottery of Metepec

Airports
Adolfo López Mateos (TLC), 10 km · Mexico City Benito Juárez (MEX), 59 km · Felipe Ángeles (NLU), 82 km
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pottery of Metepec. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,059 km
  2. 02
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,181 km
  3. 03
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    1,232 km
  4. 04
    Isla de OmetepeNI

    12 ways of moving, 49 sources

    1,727 km
  5. 05
    Capurganá and SapzurroCO

    8 ways of moving, 28 sources

    2,671 km

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Around it

Next door to Pottery of Metepec

Pottery of Metepec is 7 km from Toluca, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.